Lyda Borelli
Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 - 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress, her career in theatre started in 1902.
Between 1913 and 1918 Borelli made 14 films and appeared in 2 documentaries. She often portrayed vamps who end up committing suicide via poison. Her acting was mainly based on excessive gestures, painful expressions and languid gazes. Antonio Gramsci, who, in 1917 worked as a theatre reviewer, criticised her stating she represented a heightened form of sensuality, "a part of a primordial and prehistoric humanity" that had managed to cast a spell on the audience.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.065 |
| Birthday | 1884-03-22 |
| Place of Birth | Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
| Also Known As | Lyda Cini , Countess of Monselice, |
1915
The Wedding March
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Grazia de Plessans abandons her studies in a convent following a mystical crisis. In her paternal house, she studies music together with maestro Claud...
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The Wedding March
1916
La falena
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Thea is a sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a...
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La falena
1913
La memoria dell'altro
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Young aviatrix Lyda spurns the advances of the Prince of Sèvre and falls in love with journalist Mario, who, although engaged to Cesarina, goes to Lyd...
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La memoria dell'altro
1917
The Thirteenth Man
0/0
La storia dei tredici is an Italian silent film starring Lyda Borelli.
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The Thirteenth Man
1917
Satan's Rhapsody
6.4/47
A Faustian tale about an old woman who makes a pact with Mephisto to regain her youth, but in return she must stay away from love. After making the de...
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Satan's Rhapsody
1917
Malombra
5.1/10
Marina di Malombra (Borelli) lives in a castle prior to her wedding. She begins to read letters written by an ancestor called Cecilia. She finds out t...
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Malombra
1916
Madame Guillotine
5/4
“Madame Tallien” (1916) depicts the libertine life and loves of the eponymous decadent aristocrat, an important activist who was ahead of her time in...
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Madame Guillotine
1913
Love Everlasting
5.8/16
Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise St...
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Love Everlasting
1991
Lyrical Nitrate
7/1
Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum...
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Lyrical Nitrate
1918
The Legend of Saint Barbara
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Short film in which Barbara's father is killed in a raid of the Vandals. When Barbara and the other women are threatened, she throws a box with explos...
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The Legend of Saint Barbara
1953
The Suitcase of Dreams
6.7/6
In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The prot...
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The Suitcase of Dreams
1918
Carnevalesca
5.8/6
Carnevalesca with the beautiful Lydia Borelli is divided in to 4 parts, the white carnival, the innocent and pure childhood, the blue carnival love &...
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Carnevalesca
1999
Diva Dolorosa
6.5/4
In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of...
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Diva Dolorosa
1915
Flower of Evil
3/2
Lyda is a prostitute with no education and no hope for the future. Unfortunately, this ungrateful job leads her to have an unwanted pregnancy, and onc...
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Flower of Evil
1914
The Naked Truth
6/1
The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very evening...
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The Naked Truth
1918
Una Notte a Calcutta
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Una Notte a Calcutta
1991
Fashion in Movement
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Compilation film with film fragments from 1910 to 1930 about fashion, clothing, movement and pose. Part one highlights leisurely strolling, followed b...
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